diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix
index 4a0dcda23887..8c7cd9b966a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "sphinxcontrib-bibtex";
-  version = "2.5.0";
+  version = "2.6.1";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-cbQuXbDi4oTyQ4dTJr+ZNqqadjKCJ311BIgm/vWwDqo=";
+    hash = "sha256-BGtJ8HCuUnavNMG43bm8lWLvbeL3pS03qRy45T9UuGM=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [